Modern Day Mystics

EXTREME LIVING IN GOD'S RIVER OF GLORY
BY TODD BENTLEY
CONCLUSION


Ascend the Holy Hill of the Most High God



The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters. Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place? - Psalm 24:1-3



The Lord wants to bring us into new realms of glory. He is calling us into the river of His very presence. It is His desire for us to gaze upon His face, and to abide in His glory. The river of God’s glory flows from the Throne on high, His dwelling place, where His presence is. The river wells up under His temple (Ezek. 47:1–12).

Have you ascended the holy hill? Everything you have need of is in the river that flows from the high and holy hill. Are you standing in the river of His glory? In Ezekiel’s vision, the trees along the banks of the river were fruitful trees that would not wither, with fruit that would not fail because water flowed from the sanctuary, from God’s throne in heaven, where His presence is. Find extreme, abundant living in the river of His glory. His presence will scar you. It will transform you.



ASCEND THE HILL OF THE HOST HIGH

How do we ascend the Hill of the Most High? How do we get what the rest of Psalm 24 promises: “blessing from the Lord” and “righteousness from the God of [our] salvation” - v. 5?



1. Pursue and Behold the King of Glory

This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face. Selah - Psalm 24:6

We covered hunger in Part 1, but I reiterate this. God is raising up a generation of peoples who seek Him and seek His face, those not concerned about the hand of God and His power, but those who want to get a hold of who He is, so that His glory alone will transform them. That’s the heart of the Jacob generation. It’s a people who will say, “O Lord, I want to see your glory, I want to get hold of You and want You to touch me, change me, transform me.” God is searching for those with the heart of Jacob. He’s asking, “Who is hungry for My glory, who is hungry for My presence? Who will ascend the hill?” Those saints who hunger after Him—those who thirst and passionately pursue Him, will stand in and experience His presence.

So what is God saying? “I want to raise up a generation called Jacob. People who want My face, not My hand. Ones that want to get a hold of Me. Those who desire My glory to touch and change them, transform them into ones who will be princes with Me, to subdue the kingdoms of darkness, and manifest My power.”

God’s power manifests through those who hunger for Him, not through those who hunger for His power. He won’t pour out His power for our own ego or reputation. The power of the resurrection is for those who know Him and desire to know Him. It’s for those who sit at the feet of Jesus, for those who desire nothing else save to be with Him.



Don’t Move an Inch without His Presence

In Exodus 33, Moses is commanded to depart from the mountain and lead the Israelites toward the Promised Land. God tells Moses that He is taking His manifest presence out of their midst, that His presence would not go before him. However, He told Moses that he could still expect the fulfillment of His promises, His blessings, protection, the anointing, and the power of His hand. He even promised an angel as their guide. But Moses wasn’t happy with this. He wanted God’s presence. He pitched his tent outside of the tabernacle and pleaded, “If I have found grace in your sight, show Me now Your way that I might know You.”

Some people are satisfied with the type of Christianity that’s all power, blessings, protection, and anointing. It’s the “Yes Lord, just take care of my bills, give me my breakthroughs, do what you promised me in Your word, take care of the things that You know I have need of” mindset! It’s the attitude of, “Anoint me so I can preach better, cast out devils, heal the sick, do all the kingdom things.” But God says, “OK, but if that’s all you want, you can forget about My presence in Your midst. If you don’t want My face, forget about My hand.”

God’s looking for those who’ll say, with the same attitude as Moses had in Exodus 33, “I’ll tell You something right now, God. I’m not going. I’m not going! I won’t move in ministry if Your presence doesn’t move with me. I don’t care that You’ll deliver me, or drive out my enemies. I don’t care that You’ll give me the anointing. I don’t care that Your power is going to give me all that You’ve promised me. I don’t care that Your favor is still going to remain on us to get us into the Promised Land. If I don’t have Your presence in my midst, Your manifest presence, I won’t go! I won’t! Nothing matters without Your presence.”

In Exodus 33:13, Moses said, “That I might know You,” but verse 11 says that the Lord spoke to Moses face-to-face as a man speaks to his friend. Why did Moses ask to know Him when they already had a close friendship, where they spoke with each other? I mean, Moses seemed far beyond us in realms of glory. He touched and walked in things with God that we’ve only dreamed about, and yet, there He sat in God’s presence asking to know Him, refusing to go without Him. Moses wasn’t even satisfied with just speaking to God; he hungered for still more of Him. He wanted to really know God.

When Moses said, “Show me Your glory,” he was really saying, “Please show me the inner reality of who You are. Let Your glory come down and in that glory, let me know You. Let me know Your character by revelation. Then God showed Moses His glory, and started to reveal His character, “I am the Lord who is compassionate, gracious, slow to anger . . .” But make no mistake, this wasn’t a crash course in God’s character. It wasn’t head knowledge Moses received. God didn’t just say, “This is who I am.” The instant God’s glory fell, Moses ascended to a new level, and knew God as He had never known God before, by revelation.



Revelation is in the Glory

All I teach is by revelation received by God’s glory falling upon me. It’s a revelation whereby I instantly know certain things. In a meeting one day as God’s glory fell, I suddenly blurted out, “Someone here has a heart condition,” and then I instantly knew who it was, and picked the person out from the congregation. There is a knowing in the glory. When we enter into the glory realm and operate in the atmosphere of heaven, we receive revelation.

In that glory realm, the unbelievable happens. Kathryn Kuhlman ministered in the glory realm. She’d see what God was doing, proclaim it, and it would happen! This has occurred in my own ministry, where I’d see a deaf ear open and bam, someone’s ear would open. Sometimes in this place, people are healed in their seats without even coming forward or having hands laid upon them. It’s awesome.

Why would God tell Moses He was removing His manifest presence from their midst? Why did He say, I’m not going with you?” It was because of Exodus 32. The children of Israel put an idol, a golden calf before God. There are golden calves in the church today. They are those things that we put before God. Even in the physical church, there are idols, such as rigid schedules, that aren’t flexible to what God wants to do. Sadly, many churches today, don’t even know that they don’t have God’s glory, because the blessing of the Lord is still there, just as it remained for the Israelites. But it doesn’t matter how many people pack a church or a conference hall or crusade grounds, it doesn’t matter how much power there is, if there’s no glory, it’s all empty. Outwardly, everything looks great, but many ministries today are so busy going about having God do what He promised He would do, that they don’t even realize that God is not in their midst. Sometimes even ministry comes before the Lord. I’ve been in communities and cities with hundreds of churches, some of them huge, with thousands in attendance, but there’s no manifest presence there. If God’s manifest presence were there, there’d be miracles, because when the glory falls, everything falls. God’s glory is all a church or ministry needs. It doesn’t need the attractive programs. It doesn’t need hype. It doesn’t need those things in the natural it thinks it does. It needs God. Seeker-friendly churches draw people, but if God’s manifest glory were there, there’d be hundreds and thousands of souls saved, and hundreds and thousands of miracles.

Remember, Moses said, “I’m not satisfied, God! Even if you give me nations, I won’t be satisfied unless Your presence is with me. Moses was at the pinnacle of his ministry. He led more than 3 million people out of the bondage of Egypt and Pharaoh. Three million followed him and yet he was ready to say, “Forget it, I’m not going anywhere. I’ll lay it all down because I need the presence of the Lord more than anything else God would do for me.

This is not to say that you shouldn’t ask God to heal you, or to provide for you, or to deliver you. The power of the Lord is with you, He will heal you and bless you and set you free. But what God wants more than anything else, is for you to want Him and to be satisfied with Him, and nothing else.

Is there an idol in your life that takes the place of God’s presence? Are you too busy for Him? Somehow, you have to make time for God. It’s not always easy, I know that. Sometimes I work 16-18 hours a day, but I still have to make time for God. In our ministry, we witness the blind see, the deaf hear, cancers and diabetes healed, miracles, signs, and wonders happen. We see the gospel in action. But do you know what? You can pour your very life into ministry, and see incredible acts of God, but it’s all empty without His presence, without Him in our midst.



2. Pursue Godliness

Yes, it’s God’s desire for us to be intimate with Him, but there’s a condition to this intimacy, and that condition is godliness.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation—Psalm 24:4, 5

God wants us to pursue godliness. His word instructs us, in fact, to “worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” As we see in David’s psalm, those who may ascend into the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place are those who have “clean hands and a pure heart,” those who have not lifted up [their] soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully.” (v. 4). In fact, New Testament scripture confirms this, “Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord . . .” (Heb. 12:14).

If you are going to come into the glory, you need clean hands and a pure heart, true godliness. True godliness is not you in your own strength and power trying to do all the right things you know you need to do. True godliness is getting God manifest in your flesh. When God is manifest in your flesh, you will dare not do those things that you know grieve and wound His heart.

The Bible says, “Great is the mystery of godliness.” That is, the mystery that God has revealed to us in the gospel to make us godly. Those great things He revealed are that “God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory (1 Tim. 3:16).

Godliness is the glory of Jesus manifesting in our flesh, so that we begin to look like Him, talk and act like Him in all we do and say. That’s true godliness. If sin is in your life, get into the river and let it wash away your sin. Jesus will manifest in our flesh when we behold His glory.

As we behold the glory, the face of Jesus, we are transformed into that image. “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Cor. 3:18).

The closer we get to God, the more the light of His glory exposes are darkness. Will you ascend the mountain or stand afar off? Do you want to pursue holiness and be intimate with God, or do you love your sin more? Do you really want to see His glory?



THE KING OF GLORY IS COMING!

Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle.—Psalm 24:7–9

Who is the King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty. The Lord mighty in battle! The King of Glory is the Lord of Hosts, (v. 10) and He is coming to those who will be like Jacob. The King of Glory is coming to those that will seek His face. The King of Glory is coming to those that desire godliness, that is, God manifest in the flesh. The King of Glory is coming to those who become like that which they behold, the image of Christ manifest.



GET READY!

The gates and the doors are the church—you are the gate, you are the door in which the glory of the Lord is going to manifest. The Bible says that the knowledge of the glory of the Lord is going to cover the earth as the waters cover the sea (Hab. 2:14). People are going to know God. The sick, the lost, the dying are going to know God. Those who need Jesus will know Him. Why? Because of His glory. Who is going to release His glory? You are! Why? You are the gate, you are the door, you are the temple from which the river of God’s glory flows. Behold His presence, His glory, and then open the gate, open the door, and release His glory.

Friends, extreme living is not possible without seeing Jesus. Come to Him on His terms. Hunger for Him and worship Him in the beauty of holiness. Renew your focus and raise the glory level in your life!



Father, I want to see Jesus, I want to know Jesus. “Lord, even if I never know, see, or experience Your power, it’s okay—I just want to be in Your presence. I want You for who You are, not for what You do. Holy Spirit come with Jesus. King of Glory, come in. Touch me with Your glory. Let Your glory expose my sin. Let Your glory anoint me, that the glory of the Lord would bring forth change. Oh Jesus, Jesus, I need Your manifest presence. I want Your presence to fill my life. I want a relationship with You. Forgive me for wanting Your hand more than Your face. I repent for not knowing You. Forgive for not having intimacy with You. Forgive me for being out of hunger with You. I want to ascend the holy hill and stand in the river of Your glory. I want to be in fellowship with You, and I want to make You first in everything. I’ve been out of the glory, I want in! I want my heart afire and ablaze with passion for You. I want Your glory alone to radically change me. I desire nothing more than Your presence. I thank You for the glory of God filling my life anew. God, show me Your glory! In Jesus’ name, Amen.

EXTREME LIVING IN GOD'S RIVER OF GLORY
PART ONE


HUNGER FOR HIS GLORY



WHAT GOD WANTS

There's one thing above all else that God wants from His people. That is to know His presence. He desires us to know His presence in our lives and He really is calling us to know that He is with us.

God's presence is His glory, and He is calling us into the river of His glory. God wants us hungry, desperate, and jealous for His presence. He said, "Todd, this is your job. Make My people hungry. I want you to make My people hungry. I want you to stir My people. I want you to make them desperate. I want them to be jealous for My presence. I want you to share with them the times that we have had together, and the ways that I have come to you in My glory, in My power, and I want you to do this because I want you to stir them, and make them hungry and jealous for Me. Jealous for My presence. Jealous to know Me."

Everything, yes, everything He does comes out of His glory. That's where the power is. The power is in the glory--the glory river of His presence.



EVERYTHING IS IN THE RIVER

Do you know the glory of God as God wants you to know it? God wants to give you His glory! It's going to permeate, saturate, and cover everything you do. He's calling His church into the river, into the glory. Everything He does comes out of the river. Everything God is going to do will come out of that river.

Do you need healing? Soak in the river of His glory. That's where the creative miracles are--that's where the blind see, the deaf hear, and the mute speak--that's where broken hearts mend, and disease washes away. Are you contending for harvest? Get into the river, marinate in His glory. Harvest is there--not just one or two fish, but an abundance of fish. Are you in bondage? Jump into the river. Make a big splash. Do you need a financial miracle? Dive into the river. Evangelism is there, joy is there, and sins are washed away in the glorious river of His presence. When we encounter the glory of the living God, the glory presence of Jesus the Healer is manifest--we are set free from sickness, disease, sin, lack, and bondage.

All God calls us to do, therefore, is to go deep--deep into the glory, deep into the river of His presence. The power is in the river. In the river is everything. God is calling you into the river. He is calling you to desire that place more than any place, or anything else. And when you desire, hunger, and thirst for His presence, you will glimpse the face of Jesus.



HOW BADLY DO YOU WANT TO SEE JESUS?

God's glory is manifesting on the earth and in the lives of hungry believers in a fresh, new way. I believe that desperate saints will come into the glory of the Lord and see Jesus as they've never seen Him before. They will talk to God face-to-face, as Moses did (more detail in Part 2). Listen, when you know Him and when you are obsessed with this one thing, that you would know Him, you'll know the power of His resurrection--"That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection" (Phil. 3:10a). It will just happen. You will just manifest the power of God everywhere you go because God will trust you with it. God is calling you into the river. Jump in!



THERE IS A RIVER--LOCATE THE SOURCE!

Where is the river? The river flows from heaven, from God's throne, where His presence is. If you want to experience the river, first contend for the presence of the Source by positioning yourself before the Throne. Position yourself before the One who is Life, the One who is the anointing. Get into the glory of God, into relationship, and into knowing Him. This is far and above your daily devotional time, far above duty or obligation. This is hungering to be in His presence more than hungering for His power, or the work of His hand. It is a hunger for HIM above ALL ELSE. It's saying, "Lord, even if I never know, see, or experience Your power, it's okay--I just want to be in Your presence. I want You for who You are, not for what You do." God is calling us into His glory to be ones satisfied by visitations of His presence, more than blessings or great demonstrations of power. He's calling us to know Him, to soak and saturate in the river of His awesome glory.

Much too often we seek other things first, and yet, the Bible tells us to "...seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you" (Matthew 6:33). God is asking us to seek Him.



KNOW THE GLORY

Many walk with God, but don't know the glory, or intimacy with Him. There are times in my bedroom where the glory of God comes and I think, whoa! I'm going to heaven! Knowing the glory is not knowing about Him, but knowing Him for who He is--the inner reality of who He is. It's about knowing the glory of the Lord in such a way, that the presence is as thick as honey--thick, rich, weighty. It's the kabod, the weighty glory of the Lord. It's about wanting His glory more than anything else--wanting to be with Jesus, for the Glory of the Lord is His manifest presence--Jesus. Kabod is the Hebrew word for glory, and it means literally, "weightiness" or "substance." There's a weightiness, a density, and a substance to God that is found nowhere else. His splendor is weighty and awesome.

One time, God's kabod fell on me with such intensity, that it left me speechless--I couldn't muster any words, but that was just as well--they would have messed up the experience. His splendor weighed on me until I was breathless. It takes a long time to recover from visitations of glory.

The Lord spoke to me about bringing me full-circle. This was after a season of soaking in His presence for sometimes up to twelve hours a day. It was a time I would just lie in His presence and soak, saturate, and marinate in the glory. Visions, miracles, and our ministry were all birthed out of that time.



CRY OUT FOR THE GLORY

At that time the Lord was saying, "Todd, there is a transition, I am bringing you into another level. You have growing pains--but you need to get hungry, even desperate. You're just not hungry enough, nor desperate enough. I want you to want Me more than anything."

I prayed and told Jesus how much I wanted His glory. I cried out to know Him. Suddenly, in the middle of seeking God--in my desperation, I felt His presence visit me. Thick! Oh it was so thick I couldn't stand. I lay on the bed and ah, man--the glory was like a hovering electric liquid honey cloud. I felt as though I was on a rollercoaster, just like, whoa! There was an electric current in the air, and excitement. The weight of God's glory enveloped me and hit me just below my knees. It felt like water, but it was electricity coursing through my body. It traveled downward and then filled me right up into my head. I lay on the bed convulsing, barely able to breathe, experiencing rapturous realms of joy, delight, ecstasy, and pleasure. This was the filling of the glory! It felt euphoric , awesome--a baptism of glory. I've had many God encounters, but I tell you, this was like nothing I'd ever experienced before. This was different. The weight of His glory was so intense.



SEEK THE GLORY ABOVE ALL ELSE

We have to want this weighty presence, this river, more than anything else. We have to live on Jesus. It's not the same as vision--I love vision, and sometimes I feel as though as long as I have vision, I can keep going, but that's a danger zone. The only way we can keep going, the only way we can truly live, is to live on Jesus. We cannot live on vision, not on demonstrations of power, not on daily, dutiful devotions, not on words of prophecy, nothing else, but desperation and hunger for the glory. Our appetites direct our lives. Why nibble when you can feast on God's glory? Does the passionate desire for anything of the world supersede your longing for God? Hunger for anything besides Him is dangerous. Only hunger for God assures victory. Drink deeply of God's glory.

Once, around one o'clock in the morning, I said, "My God, I'm hungry. I'm tired of a powerless gospel, of powerless Christianity. I'm not satisfied with how I've known You, and I need You to come down tonight." I was so desperate for Him, that I thought I was going to die. I tore at the sheets, clung to them desperately, and screamed at the top of my lungs, "God, I need You!"

I buried my face into the mattress, convulsing in tears. I had to have the glory realm! I had to have the atmosphere of heaven! I had to have the Kingdom of God in word. I couldn't handle hype any more. I couldn't handle talk. I had to have the pure glory of Jesus. I had to have it, right then, and right there! His glory, His presence had to be on everything I did. I had to have the glory . . . I just had to.



BREATHING GLORY

I took hold of God, and He took hold of me, for the presence of the Holy Spirit suddenly washed over me. I felt as though I was face-to-face with His presence and said, "Holy Spirit!" His presence was so rich, so real, whoa--and then it seemed as though a lightning bolt hit me, and it scarred me--transformed and changed me, in an instant.

I grasped the sheets of the bed, "holding on" until the sensation passed. Then, I rolled over on my side and my entire body was heavy, numbed by God's power. I said to myself, "I'm different." Most of us say, "God change us, I want to be different," but this time I said to Him, "I'm different." I felt it inside. I was different. This glory was so awesome, that it was as close as my skin. It was like breathing glory!

This is for you, friends. The glory of God is coming into the church. The glory cloud is manifesting. Gold dust, oil, dental miracles, gold flakes, feathers--they are happening. The Shekinah glory is coming. I tell you, the world is going to witness the sweeping power of the glory of Jesus and the Shekinah is going to change people in an instant.



TRANSFORMING GLORY

Do you know what the Shekinah is? Shekinah is a Hebrew word that refers to the manifest presence of God. This presence is among His people. When King Solomon had finished having the Temple of God built, the presence of God came upon the Temple so powerfully "That the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD" (1 King 8:11).This presence is sometimes referred to as the Shekinah Glory. Do you know what happens when you come into the Shekinah? You instantly change. The Shekinah glory is so alive. The Shekinah glory is gloriously full of the brightness, the light, and the fire of God. One visitation of the Shekinah, the manifest weight of His glory, and it instantly transforms you. Instantly.



EXTREME LIVING IN HIS GLORY

The glory is the atmosphere of heaven. The glory is the very atmosphere where God dwells. In this atmosphere is extreme living.

I believe we are living in these extreme days--extreme days of Christianity and living. The supernatural is going to be natural--real, a common occurrence, in everything we do, and everywhere we go, as believers. God and His kingdom can so come, and Jesus can be so manifest, that the glory can change the spiritual climate of a meeting, of a city, or a region, of a nation! When we get into the river of glory enough, people will remark as they did to Peter and John, "You've been with Jesus--you've been with Him!"

I believe there is a place where you can get deep enough in realms of glory, and stay there, wanting nothing but the Shekinah glory to fill and refill you. When you pray, seek nothing but the glory, not His hand, but His face, and you can become so filled with the glory that you will carry it for all to see.



SHOW ME YOUR GLORY! (EXODUS 33:7)

I tell you, I want His glory to drip down the walls of my room. I want my carpet stained with my tears of holy desperation. How about you? After experiencing His glory, all I wanted to do was talk about it! Every time I'd try to preach on something else, glory came out of my mouth! I preached and talked about nothing but holy hunger, desperation, and seeking His presence for months--and I'm still preaching it!

How desperate are you? Are you willing to do what it takes to be in God's glory even if it takes days, even months, until the glory touches you? Some people just want the preacher man to wave his hand and give us a shot of glory, but it doesn't work like that, friends. You have to hunger, thirst, pursue the glory, and usually it happens in your quiet place, without distraction. Then, you don't have to worry what others are thinking--you can let loose, and go all out for God in your desperation.

But don't worry--you can seek His glory anywhere. It doesn't matter who's smiling at you when you look up into heaven and see your Father smiling, delighted with your holy desperation. Seek His smile--seek His glory. If you have His smile, His kiss, the river of His glory presence, nothing else matters.



In part two, we'll see that God is raising up a generation of people who aren't focused on the hand and the power of God, but rather, His face--those who want to get hold of who God is, so that God's glory alone will transform them, their families, cities, and nations. Who will stand in His holy place? Is it you? Find out how you can prepare your heart to ascend the holy hill, to meet God face-to-face, as Moses did. Examine the hearts and motives of Moses and Jacob, and understand how God's glory changed them, and then apply those principles to your life for extreme living--living life victoriously and to the max in the river of God's glory.

July 8, 2006 - Hollywood, CA

Lift Your Voice--Your Prayers Will Shake the Foundation

The Spirit of God says, "Send out your praise, send out your prayers. Send them forth tonight. For faith will arise in this building. Send your prayers. Lift your voice. Lift up your eyes and pray. For your prayers will surely shake the foundation, and shake the very core of iniquity, and the principalities of this region shall hear a joyful sound and be dismayed."

There is a reason for the Spirit of the Lord to request that you pray. "Pray out loud," says God. "For surely did I not say to you tonight, that I would open a door and remove a veil, and damage the iniquity that has come from the fathers and the forefathers, that the curse after the fourth generation would be broken," says the Spirit of God.

"I am raising a voice in Los Angeles. I am raising a voice in Hollywood. I am causing a people to arise. I am causing a people to arise that will disturb the atmosphere with a contradiction for what the prognosticators have spoken out, and what they have said would happen, shall surely not happen. For you shall watch Korea, you shall watch North Korea as a little man becomes smaller."

I Will Cleanse the Water with the Staff of the Righteous

"Let the dead bury the dead, says the Spirit of God. Let the dead bury the dead. For I will not tolerate any longer the flimsy miserable sounds of threats that come to a Nation that has been despised for too long. Your prayers tonight are covering the West coast of America," says the Spirit of God.

"Let them speak of the earthquakes and let them speak of the tsunamis. Let them speak of the removal of this state." But God said, "I will intervene, and your children shall be raised up as the voices which will speak to the mountains of the media and to the rivers that have been polluted by the blood of abortion. I will cleanse the water with the staff of the righteous. The staff of the prophets shall strike the water, and it shall be cleansed of the blood that has been taken," says the Spirit of the Living God.

Do not despise the prophesying for tonight you have gathered together to hear what shall become of us. Your prayer and your request tonight was, "Show me where I'm going from here." And God says, "To a higher place, to a place beyond the veil, to a place where deliverance shall be the order of the day, to a place where salvation shall even touch those that have even said, 'there is no God.' Watch Me," says the Lord, "take the atheists and take the Darwinists, and move them to a place to where they will say, 'there is no choice, there is a manifestation of God.'"

"For there is light being sent to this state," says the Spirit of the Living God. "Therefore your prayers are coming forth as a sweet smelling incense," says God. "Now open your mouths and let your mouths pray out, for as you pray, I will shake the earth, and it shall be My doing," says the Lord of Hosts.

I Will Bring Your Enemies Out from the Very Soil of this Nation

We will not be satisfied with the memories of yesterday's miracles. God says, "I'm raising you up, don't you understand, your dissatisfaction is pleasing in My sight." God says, "Surely, I will shake this place, and people shall see salvation as never before. Rejoice because your prayers are destroying the power and the influence that shall be endeavored to be sent to the L.A. Airport of this place." For God says, "They are planning already for they say, 'it is an easy target. It is easy access. They are cleaning it up.'"

"But the L.A.X. Airport and," God says, "those surrounding regions, have been targeted with something very stupid, because they do not understand that the saints of the Most High God have been praying. And because they've been praying," God says, "I will once again take them, and expose them as I did in Florida. I will expose them on the West Coast, and I will expose them over and over through the summer months as I promised you."

"I told you before, this prophet prophesied just a few months ago, that come summer, I will expose, I will bring your enemies out from the very soil of this Nation, and you have watched how I have done it. Ho, I am not finished yet," says the Lord. "If you would allow Me, and as your President has said to Me in his private moments, 'God Your will be done,'" and surely says the Lord, "when the head of a Nation says, 'Your will be done,' then the Nation says, 'Your will be done.'"

"My will shall be done through the summer months. I will multiply the vision of the Secret Service and the FBI, and I will cause My Spirit to come upon them so that they will expose, expose, expose," says the Lord. "I will raise this voice up so that the people may understand there is a prophet in the land, and the people of God that surround him will pray until the Spirit of God moves, and brings forth the enemies into their place," says the Spirit of God.

I Will Expose Three Nations and You Will Multiply

"Don't look to the United Nations. Don't look to the United Nations. Don't look to them," says the Lord. "There is no unity amongst those." God says, "They will be abolished shortly. But it shall come to pass that I'm going to raise up a new sound, I'm going to raise up a new force.

Do you understand that there are three other nations that have already prepared themselves to strike at this Nation? No one knows," says the Lord, "but it was shared tonight as a secret. Three other nations have united themselves. They have said, 'we will do it through the woman, we will do it from those under the cloth. We will do within the very Nation that calls itself great, and calls itself strong, and calls itself mighty.'" But God said, "They don't understand, this is not a political thing. This is not a natural warfare. This is a spiritual warfare that is taking place. I will expose these three nations, as well as, you multiply this summer."

"You will enter into a season, and you already have multiplication of blessing, multiplication of favor, multiplication of healing, multiplication of deliverance. Do you understand that the veil has been rent and you have entered into a higher place? Therefore rejoice, rejoice, rejoice," says the Lord.

There is Coming A New Sound from South Korea

"You are praying," says the Spirit of God, "and as you pray, at this very moment, there is coming a sound from South Korea, a sound of prayer warriors. And as you are standing on this ground in Los Angeles, in South Korea at this very moment, there is a prayer movement that has been going for years, but now it has been struck with a fresh baptism and a fresh fire.

Yes, I have taken your prayers; I have interlocked your prayers with South Korea," and God says, "it's too late, it's too late little Kim. It's too late. South Korea has prayed now, and because they have prayed, I will abolish the control and the witchcraft, and I will abolish every desperate move because I have linked your prayers, and it shall be done," says the Lord.

China Has Been Prepared for One of the Greatest Breakthroughs and Revivals

What's happening in China right now--there is a plan for assassination. God says, "Let these plans be according to the will of man." But God says, "They do not carry the sword of the Spirit, but there are millions within China that are called by My name. And in this place where the Secret of the Lord is being shared, watch your news--they will show you nothing, for this is yet hidden."

But God said, "An assassination is being planned. America shall be surprised at how they look upon this Nation, and it shall give America access through the Word of the Lord that shall go into China. For China has been prepared for one of the greatest breakthroughs and revivals, one of the greatest moves, one of the greatest forms of restoration," and God says, "you will be a part of it, because tonight, mark this night--you are praying, and this weekend I will change everything."

I Will Use Your Light to Remove Darkness

God says, "What you are seeing tonight must be the order of the day for My house. It must be the order of the day for My house. Gone are the days of one man pointing, so that people will be healed. As they praise and as they worship spirit unto Spirit, I will raise them from the dead. Do not say, 'it cannot be done,' for I will give light to your eyes and you will see. And based upon your perception," God says, "I will use you. I will use your presence; I will use your light to remove the darkness that's around you."

Japan, China, Korea--God is Going to Do Something Big

"Japan--you represent the other nation that shall be called a friend to America. You may say, 'this is all ridiculous,' as they have always said when the prophets speak. This is crazy! It is crazy at the time. But who is He that searches the hearts of men and is presently yet the King of Japan? The Lord God Almighty. The King of China, the Lord God Almighty. The King of Korea, Lord God Almighty. No North, no South, just one, just one Korea, just one Korea, just one shall arise with Christ in their mouth, and Christ in their lips and in their hearts," says the Lord!!

This one nation shall experience what they predicted for this Nation and for this West Coast, an earthquake which will take us out. Your prayers will save many lives regarding this earthquake in Japan.

This speaks of this incredible integration, and this one fusion of Japan, and China. A Lion has roared, the Lord has spoken, and who can but prophesy. Just for a moment between Japan, and China, and Korea, God is going to do something big.

Watch Egypt--An Ally

"Egypt--I speak to an Egyptian. I speak to Egypt. Watch Egypt," says the Lord, "an ally." Egypt, God's going to rattle you, raise you up, He isn't finished with you yet.


By Kim Clement
Prophetic Image Expressions
www.kimclement.com

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Victoria Boyson: "AWAKEN MY LOVE--A Vision of the Bride"

We Want More of You!

There is a churning in the hearts of many saints to have more than the status quo Christian experience--they want to experience Jesus for themselves, and they want all they can get of Him. The cry of their hearts is continually, "More Lord! We want more of You!"

The Lord is whispering into the hearts of those who love Him, to awaken His bride. I see them now in the spirit, as spots of light on a globe. All over the world, strategically placed, are His lovers. The cry of their heart is, "More!" and the more they cry, the more they receive until they are gushing over with uncontrollable passion for Jesus.

Their passion is so true and genuine that, at times, those who are cynical think it cannot possibly be real, but it is. As those who are cynical begin to see the reality of the faith of His lovers, a divine jealousy is birthed down deep inside their hearts. Without even realizing it, there is an awakening in them: a cry for "More!"

Then, they too, are willing to go anywhere and do anything as long as the Lord is there with them. Anything He wishes is their fondest desire, no matter how incredible it may seem--it is their reality more than the reality they live in. It is what they dream about and what makes them able to tolerate this world. It is not the hunger for souls that drives them, but their deep desire to care for what He loves...which is the lost bride of Heaven.

It is to these lovers that the Lord is calling to awaken His bride.

A Vision of the Lost

I saw in a vision, a well known evangelist. He was standing outside in the open on a platform before a sea of people. There were so many people, I could not see the end of them--the crowd went as far as I could see.

I watched him from behind as he stood and faced the people. As he stood watching the crowd, he began to comb his fingers through his hair and pull at it. Again and again, he did this, clutching, as if he were in anguish. He rocked back and forth in front of the people, overwhelmed by the vast number before him.

He looked at the people and threw up his hands to Heaven and cried out to God in anguish, "Oh, God, there's too many people!" He was overpowered by the gravity of the need before him, at the sight of so many souls needing and hungering for Jesus. Searching the Heavens, he screamed out in a loud voice, "Oh, Lord, awaken Your bride!"

A Vision of the Bride

Then the scene suddenly changed to a peaceful garden filled with rest and serenity. Laying on a bed in the middle of the garden, was a captivating young woman clothed as a bride. Her hair was long and thick, in a mass of perfect curls spread around her face and shoulders, like a dark amber cloud. Her head was adorned with a simple white garland of flowers, seeming to belong to her like the thick tresses of her hair. She was absolutely the most beautiful bride I have ever seen--she took my breath away.

She lay like a portrait in peaceful tranquility on the cushioned bed, surrounded by the artistic garden made to frame her. Her long thick lashes and full red lips rested still, while her flowing white chiffon gown lay perfectly spread about her as she slept. Everything about her exuded purity--uncluttered beauty unlike anything I had ever seen.

Jesus entered the garden and approached her as she slept. As He gazed at her with awaited purpose, He bent down near her and touched her as He spoke, "Awaken My love. It is time to awaken."

She Awakens

As she opened her eyes and sat up in her bed, Jesus stood back to watch her move. She looked at Him with anticipation and stood to her feet. She looked searchingly at herself and straightened her dress, rightly placing her hair, as if to dust off the remnants of her slumber. When she was quite certain she was ready, she looked at Him with eyes rich with anticipated love.

She ran to the Lord and threw her arms around His neck in an unbridled playful way, but exuding such sweet tender love for Him. How happy she was that He had awakened her. She hung her head back and gazed into His eyes, still clinging to Him. Her eyes spoke of a deep well of the most pure and innocent love. Truly, she was filled with love for her Lord.

Suddenly, she pulled back from Him with her eyes closed and her face raised to His. She was completely filled with love for Him, and her love was evident through the joy that flooded her face. So full of such a wonderful, incredible, indescribable love, she let loose of Him, and twirled around in front of Him as if to enjoy the love she felt for Him. He laughed gleefully as He watched her adoringly.

She Radiates With His Glory

She ran to embrace Him again and as they held each other, a bright piercing light burst forth from inside of her. Her body was soon encompassed completely by this incredible light. It exploded forth from her and filled the garden where they were. With eyes closed, head raised, and arms stretched out in front of Jesus, she stood illuminating the powerful light radiating from her.

Suddenly, from deep inside of her came four silvery-white birds bursting outward, and they flew in all directions. They surged upward in flight, soaring rapidly over the face of the earth covering mountains, oceans, cities, and plains. They carried with them the same radiating light that emanated from the bride. Soon, the powerful life-filling light was saturating the globe.

The bride and her Bridegroom remained in the garden adoring one another. He watched as she glowed with the light of His love. He seemed not surprised by her beauty, but completely proud of her. He had always seen her beauty, and now the world would be captivated by her as she radiated with His glory.

He knew fully that, at last, she was truly and completely His. He was assured that, in her eyes, there was no one else alive--she saw only Him. And she was saturated in the confidence of His love for her. The knowledge of His passionate love for her made her illuminate His glory--a tangible expression of His love.

You Are This Bride

Dear Saints, you are this bride. You are the bride of Christ--the bride of Heaven. The world has yet to see your true inner beauty, and to feel the waves of piercing glory that will burst forth from your love for Jesus.

The glory of God is made tangible to the world by the light of His love emanating through you. That love WILL spread to the farthest corners of the earth, canvassing it in His glory.

"Awaken my love, it is time to awaken."

Victoria Boyson
Speaking Life Ministries
www.boyson.org

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odd Bentley: "ASCEND THE HOLY HILL OF THE MOST HIGH GOD"

"The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters. Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place?" Psalms 24:1-3

The Lord wants to bring us into new realms of glory. He is calling us into the river of His very presence. It is His desire for us to gaze upon His face, and to abide in His glory. The river of God's glory flows from the Throne on high--His dwelling place, where His presence is. The river wells up under His temple (Ezekiel 47:1–12).

Have you ascended the holy hill? Everything you have need of is in the river that flows from the high and holy hill. Are you standing in the river of His glory? In Ezekiel's vision, the trees along the banks of the river were fruitful trees that would not wither, with fruit that would not fail, because water flowed from the sanctuary; from God's throne in Heaven, where His presence is. Find extreme, abundant living in the river of His glory. His presence will scar you. It will transform you.

How do we ascend the Hill of the Most High? How do we get what the rest of Psalm 24:5 promises: "...blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of (our) salvation."

1. PURSUE AND BEHOLD THE KING OF GLORY

"This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face. Selah" Psalm 24:6

God is raising up a generation of people who seek Him and seek His face, those not concerned about the hand of God and His power, but those who want to get a hold of who He is, so that His glory alone will transform them.

That's the heart of the Jacob generation. It's a people who will say, "O Lord, I want to see Your glory, I want to get a hold of You, and want You to touch me, change me, transform me." God is searching for those with the heart of Jacob. He's asking, "Who is hungry for My glory, who is hungry for My presence? Who will ascend the hill?" Those saints who hunger after Him--those who thirst and passionately pursue Him, will experience and stand in His presence.

So what is God saying? "I want to raise up a generation called Jacob. People who want My face, not My hand. Ones that want to get a hold of Me. Those who desire My glory to touch and change them, transform them into ones who will be princes with Me, to subdue the Kingdoms of darkness, and manifest My power."

God's power manifests through those who hunger for Him, not through those who hunger for His power. He won't pour out His power for our own ego or reputation. The power of the resurrection is for those who know Him and desire to know Him. It's for those who sit at the feet of Jesus, for those who desire nothing else save to be with Him.

Don't Move An Inch Without His Presence

In Exodus 33, Moses is commanded to depart from the mountain and lead the Israelites toward the Promised Land. God tells Moses that He is taking His manifest presence out of their midst, that His presence would not go before him. However, He told Moses that he could still expect the fulfillment of His promises, His blessings, protection, the anointing, and the power of His hand. He even promised an angel as their guide. But Moses wasn't happy with this. He wanted God's presence. He pitched his tent outside of the tabernacle and pleaded, "If I have found grace in your sight, show Me now Your way that I might know You."

Some people are satisfied with the type of Christianity that's all power, blessings, protection, and anointing. It's the "Yes Lord, just take care of my bills, give me my breakthroughs, do what you promised me in Your word, take care of the things that You know I have need of" mindset! It's the attitude of, "Anoint me so I can preach better, cast out devils, heal the sick, do all the Kingdom things." But God says, "OK, but if that's all you want, you can forget about My presence in Your midst. If you don't want My face, forget about My hand."

God's looking for those who'll say, with the same attitude as Moses had in Exodus 33, "I'll tell You something right now, God. I'm not going. I'm not going! I won't move in ministry if Your presence doesn't move with me. I don't care that You'll deliver me, or drive out my enemies. I don't care that You'll give me the anointing. I don't care that Your power is going to give me all that You've promised me. I don't care that Your favor is still going to remain on us to get us into the Promised Land. If I don't have Your presence in my midst, Your manifest presence, I won't go! I won't! Nothing matters without Your presence."

That I May Know You

In Exodus 33:13, Moses said, "That I might know You," but verse 11 says that the Lord spoke to Moses face-to-face as a man speaks to his friend. Why did Moses ask to know Him when they already had a close friendship, where they spoke with each other? I mean, Moses seemed far beyond us in realms of glory. He touched and walked in things with God that we've only dreamed about, and yet, there He sat in God's presence asking to know Him, refusing to go without Him. Moses wasn't even satisfied with just speaking to God; he hungered for still more of Him. He wanted to really know God.

When Moses said, "Show me Your glory," he was really saying, "Please show me the inner reality of who You are. Let Your glory come down and in that glory, let me know You. Let me know Your character by revelation. Then God showed Moses His glory, and started to reveal His character, "I am the Lord who is compassionate, gracious, slow to anger..." But make no mistake, this wasn't a crash course in God's character. It wasn't head knowledge Moses received. God didn't just say, "This is who I am." The instant God's glory fell, Moses ascended to a new level, and knew God as He had never known God before, by revelation.

Revelation is In the Glory

All I teach is by revelation received by God's glory falling upon me. It's a revelation whereby, I instantly know certain things. In a meeting one day as God's glory fell, I suddenly blurted out, "Someone here has a heart condition," and then I instantly knew who it was, and picked the person out from the congregation. There is a knowing in the glory. When we enter into the glory realm and operate in the atmosphere of Heaven, we receive revelation.

In that glory realm, the unbelievable happens. Kathryn Kuhlman ministered in the glory realm. She'd see what God was doing, proclaim it, and it would happen! This has occurred in my own ministry, where I'd see a deaf ear open and bam, someone's ear would open. Sometimes in this place, people are healed in their seats without even coming forward or having hands laid upon them. It's awesome.

Why would God tell Moses He was removing His manifest presence from their midst? Why did He say, "I'm not going with you?" It was because of Exodus 32. The children of Israel put an idol, a golden calf before God. There are golden calves in the church today. They are those things that we put before God. Even in the physical church, there are idols, such as rigid schedules that aren't flexible to what God wants to do.

Sadly, many churches today don't even know that they don't have God's glory, because the blessing of the Lord is still there, just as it remained for the Israelites. But it doesn't matter how many people pack a church, a conference hall, or crusade grounds; it doesn't matter how much power there is, if there's no glory, it's all empty. Outwardly, everything looks great, but many ministries today are so busy going about having God do what He promised He would do, that they don't even realize that God is not in their midst. Sometimes even ministry comes before the Lord.

I've been in communities and cities with hundreds of churches, some of them huge, with thousands in attendance, but there's no manifest presence there. If God's manifest presence were there, there'd be miracles, because when the glory falls, everything falls. God's glory is all a church or ministry needs. It doesn't need the attractive programs. It doesn't need hype. It doesn't need those things in the natural it thinks it does. It needs God. Seeker-friendly churches draw people, but if God's manifest glory were there, there'd be hundreds and thousands of souls saved, and hundreds and thousands of miracles.

Be Satisfied with Him and Nothing Else

Remember, Moses said, "I'm not satisfied, God! Even if you give me nations, I won't be satisfied unless Your presence is with me." Moses was at the pinnacle of his ministry. He led more than three-million people out of the bondage of Egypt and Pharaoh. Three-million followed him and yet he was ready to say, "Forget it, I'm not going anywhere. I'll lay it all down because I need the presence of the Lord more than anything else God would do for me."

This is not to say that you shouldn't ask God to heal you, or to provide for you, or to deliver you. The power of the Lord is with you, He will heal you, bless you, and set you free. But what God wants more than anything else, is for you to want Him, and to be satisfied with Him, and nothing else.

Is there an idol in your life that takes the place of God's presence? Are you too busy for Him? Somehow, you have to make time for God. It's not always easy, I know that. Sometimes I work 16-18 hours a day, but I still have to make time for God. In our ministry, we witness the blind see, the deaf hear, cancers and diabetes healed, miracles, signs, and wonders happen. We see the gospel in action. But do you know what? You can pour your very life into ministry, and see incredible acts of God, but it's all empty without His presence, without Him in our midst.

2. PURSUE GODLINESS

Yes, it's God's desire for us to be intimate with Him, but there's a condition to this intimacy, and that condition is godliness.

"He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation." Psalms 24:4-5

God wants us to pursue godliness. His word instructs us, in fact, to "worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." As we see in David's psalm, those who may ascend into the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place are those who have "clean hands and a pure heart," those "who have not lifted up (their) soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully." In fact, New Testament Scripture confirms this, "Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord..." Hebrews 12:14

If you are going to come into the glory, you need clean hands and a pure heart, true godliness. True godliness is not you in your own strength and power trying to do all the right things you know you need to do. True godliness is letting God manifest in your flesh. When God is manifest in your flesh, you will dare not do those things that you know grieve and wound His heart.

The Bible says, "Great is the mystery of godliness." That is, the mystery that God has revealed to us in the gospel to make us godly. Those great things He revealed are that, "God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory." 1 Timothy 3:16

Godliness is the glory of Jesus manifesting in our flesh, so that we begin to look like Him, and talk and act like Him in all we do and say. That's true godliness. If sin is in your life, get into the river and let it wash away your sin. Jesus will manifest in our flesh when we behold His glory.

As we behold the glory, the face of Jesus, we are transformed into that image. "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord." 2 Corinthians 3:18

The closer we get to God, the more the light of His glory exposes our darkness. Will you ascend the mountain or stand afar off? Do you want to pursue holiness and be intimate with God, or do you love your sin more? Do you really want to see His glory?

THE KING OF GLORY IS COMING!

Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle. Psalm 24:7–9

Who is the King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty. The Lord mighty in battle! The King of Glory is the Lord of Hosts, (verse 10) and He is coming to those who will be like Jacob. The King of Glory is coming to those that will seek His face. The King of Glory is coming to those that desire godliness, that is, God manifest in the flesh. The King of Glory is coming to those who become like that which they behold, the image of Christ manifest.

GET READY!

The gates and the doors are the church--you are the gate and you are the door in which the glory of the Lord is going to manifest. The Bible says that the knowledge of the glory of the Lord is going to cover the earth as the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14). People are going to know God. The sick, the lost, and the dying are going to know God. Those who need Jesus will know Him. Why? Because of His glory. Who is going to release His glory? You are! Why? You are the gate, you are the door, you are the temple from which the river of God's glory flows. Behold His presence, His glory, and then open the gate, open the door, and release His glory.

Friends, extreme living is not possible without seeing Jesus. Come to Him on His terms. Hunger for Him and worship Him in the beauty of holiness. Renew your focus and raise the glory level in your life!

Father, I want to see Jesus, I want to know Jesus. Lord, even if I never know, see, or experience Your power, it's okay--I just want to be in Your presence. I want You for who You are, not for what You do. Holy Spirit come with Jesus. King of Glory, come in. Touch me with Your glory. Let Your glory expose my sin. Let Your glory anoint me, that the glory of the Lord would bring forth change. Oh Jesus, Jesus, I need Your manifest presence. I want Your presence to fill my life. I want a relationship with You.

Forgive me for wanting Your hand more than Your face. I repent for not knowing You. Forgive me for not having intimacy with You. Forgive me for being out of hunger with You. I want to ascend the holy hill and stand in the river of Your glory. I want to be in fellowship with You, and I want to make You first in everything. I've been out of the glory, I want in! I want my heart afire and ablaze with passion for You. I want Your glory alone to radically change me. I desire nothing more than Your presence. I thank You for the glory of God filling my life anew. God, show me Your glory! In Jesus' name, Amen.

Todd Bentley
Fresh Fire Ministries
www.freshfire.ca

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